Healing lesion, foot-and-mouth disease, cow

Healing lesion, foot-and-mouth disease, cow

Almost fully healed foot-and-mouth disease lesion on bovine tongue. Contact animal on day 10 after experimental exposure. Reepithelialization is complete. It is unlikely that this lesion has any detectable viral RNA or infectious virus.

Courtesy of National Veterinary Institute, DTU Vet, Lindholm, Denmark.